More Caminos supported by the Xunta?

[ivar]

This article is interesting, and might give us a hint on what new caminos might be supported in the future by the Xunta (Government here in Galicia). If these caminos become "official" and recognised by the Xunta, they will be able to get public money for signing, albergues, ...

If the pilgrims office (Cathedral) in Santiago will recognise these new caminos is a different question (for getting the compostela).

The new caminos that are suggested to be recognised by the Xunta are:

• Camiño Miñoto Ribeiro, 9 stages, 170km
  • https://www.caminominotoribeiro.com/en/
• Camiño de Muros-Noia, two variants, one 78km the other 53km
  • https://caminoriamurosnoia.gal/
• Camiño Mariñán
  • https://www.sada.gal/sada-bergondo-e-betanzos-presentan-o-camino-marinan
• Ruta a Muxía por Brandomil
• Vía Künig
  • https://viakunig.eu/
• Camiño do Mar
  • https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/ruta-do-mar-from-ribadeo.112/
• Camiño de San Rosendo
  • https://caminodesanrosendo.org/

For more details see the article below: (In Spanish)

La Xunta evalúa siete rutas xacobeas para incorporarlas al Camino de Santiago

El CSIC colaborará para justificar la historicidad como vías de peregrinación del Camiño Miñoto Ribeiro, la vía Künig, el Camiño do Mar, el de San Rosendo, la variante a Muxía por Brandomil, el Camiño Mariñán y el de Muros-Noia

www.diariodepontevedra.es

 

[Marbe2]

Ivar, Thank you for providing us with this update!

 

[VNwalking]

Thank you, Ivar!
Maps of two that catchmy planning eye: https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trai...-de-peregrinacion-de-sada-a-betanzos-58110755

Mapa - Via Künig

Mapas — Vía Künig • Lugares citados por Künig — Camino Francés — Camino Primitivo — Caminos Franceses

viakunig.eu

 

[charlotte19675]

thank you Ivar - the via kunig also caught my eye.

 

[rappahannock_rev]

It's all about the money, sigh....

 

[Kitsambler]

It's all about the money, sigh....

Could it possibly be about diffusing the crowds, reducing overcrowding? Could it also be about political support from businesses in locations off the CF track? (Journalism often tends to encapsulate complex stories in strictly budgetary terms when there are other factors involved.)

 

[VNwalking]

It's all about the money, sigh....

Whatever the triggering intention, having more options of approved routes into Santiago will benefit everyone - and from a pilgrim standpoint, especially those who dread the traffic jams that can happen from Sarria onwards on the Frances. The Invierno will take a few pilgrims, but it is a more challenging route; this is less intense, so might work for a wider range of pilgrims.

Someone please remind me - is the alternate Primitivo route after Lugo approved yet or not? If it is, the Vía Künig would also help relieve the congestion after Melide. Plus you get to see Lugo - which to my mind is far more interesting than anything on the CF after Villacranca, even O Cebreiro.

 

[Tincatinker]

is the alternate Primitivo route after Lugo approved yet or not?

The Office have not, so far as I can see, published a list of approved Camino but I suspect the Camino Verde remains un-official. It doesn't appear in the Xunta's list which would probably be a seal of approval.

 

[Bradypus]

Plus you get to see Lugo - which to my mind is far more interesting than anything on the CF after Villacranca, even O Cebreiro.

The city walls of Lugo are extraordinary. Well worth a side trip from Santiago even if you are not walking the Primitivo. I've never understood why so few of those who opt to walk just the final 100km into Santiago choose to start from Lugo rather than Sarria. Probably just eclipsed by the fame of 'the one true Camino'

 

[Tincatinker]

Thank you, Ivar!
Maps of two that catchmy planning eye: https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trai...-de-peregrinacion-de-sada-a-betanzos-58110755

Mapa - Via Künig

Mapas — Vía Künig • Lugares citados por Künig — Camino Francés — Camino Primitivo — Caminos Franceses

viakunig.eu

The Via Kunig was included in our plans for Richard Durrant's Guitar / Bicycle Camino as a way of reducing some of the ascents entering Galicia. A trailer full of Guitars & Mandolin takes some hauling even with a low-geared bike.

 

[Bradypus]

The Office have not, so far as I can see, published a list of approved Camino but I suspect the Camino Verde remains un-official.

The last time I visited the pilgrim office - a couple of years ago - I was told that the approved routes were the ones printed in the diagram maps on the credencial. Not a definitive answer but probably a fair starting point for any argument.

 

[Tincatinker]

Looks like the Verde remains a route for those with sufficient Compostella already tucked in a desk drawer somewhere...

 

[Isca-camigo]

The Camino San Rosendo

• https://caminodesanrosendo.org/

on its way from Braga to Santiago lacks an albergue on only one if it's etapas and that's in Lobios, the two stops after there Bande https://g.co/kgs/zkubrq and the concello of Celanova https://www.laregion.es/articulo/ce...n-albergue-renovado/20210112213500998583.html both have municipal albergues which accommodate hikers and Pilgrims.

After Celanova it's a 30km step to Ourence and you have albergues all the way to Santiago. Before Lobios you have Albergue de Peregrinos in Braga and Caldelas and then the youth hostel in Campos de Geres

 

[caminka]

This article is interesting, and might give us a hint on what new caminos might be supported in the future by the Xunta (Government here in Galicia). If these caminos become "official" and recognised by the Xunta, they will be able to get public money for signing, albergues, ...

If the pilgrims office (Cathedral) in Santiago will recognise these new caminos is a different question (for getting the compostela).

The new caminos that are suggested to be recognised by the Xunta are:

• Camiño Miñoto Ribeiro, 9 stages, 170km
  • https://www.caminominotoribeiro.com/en/
• Camiño de Muros-Noia, two variants, one 78km the other 53km
  • https://caminoriamurosnoia.gal/
• Camiño Mariñán
  • https://www.sada.gal/sada-bergondo-e-betanzos-presentan-o-camino-marinan
• Ruta a Muxía por Brandomil
• Vía Künig
  • https://viakunig.eu/
• Camiño do Mar
  • https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/ruta-do-mar-from-ribadeo.112/
• Camiño de San Rosendo
  • https://caminodesanrosendo.org/

For more details see the article below: (In Spanish)

La Xunta evalúa siete rutas xacobeas para incorporarlas al Camino de Santiago

El CSIC colaborará para justificar la historicidad como vías de peregrinación del Camiño Miñoto Ribeiro, la vía Künig, el Camiño do Mar, el de San Rosendo, la variante a Muxía por Brandomil, el Camiño Mariñán y el de Muros-Noia

www.diariodepontevedra.es

as if my wish list is not yet long enough...